Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER

2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$114.62

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$114.62

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.37 with United vs $114.62 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United KSMGMCD $0.37 ↓ -100%
Sunflower State Health Plan MCD $0.38 ↓ -100%
Unicare MGMCD $0.38 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $0.38 ↓ -100%
HealthyBlue MGMCD $0.38 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $0.38 ↓ -100%
BCBS TRICARE $0.45 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRICARE $0.45 ↓ -100%
Home State Health Plan MCD $0.54 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.61 ↓ -99%
United MOMGMCD $0.65 ↓ -99%
Aetna Coventry FamilyHealthPlanMCD $25.22 ↓ -78%
Coventry MedicareAdvantage $25.22 ↓ -78%
BCBS FreedomNetworkSelect $27.51 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $28.77 ↓ -75%
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $34.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAccess $34.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $34.39 ↓ -70%
BCBS Participating $42.41 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $42.41 ↓ -63%
BCBS FreedomNetwork $44.70 ↓ -61%
BCBS PC $44.70 ↓ -61%
Coventry WCOMP $46.08 ↓ -60%
Coventry KC MO WCOMP $46.99 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRHMO $51.58 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $51.58 ↓ -55%
BCBS MCRPPO $51.58 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCD $55.02 ↓ -52%
Cigna LifeSource COMM $57.31 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $57.31 ↓ -50%
OHA Network MissouriWCOMP $57.31 ↓ -50%
Humana National Transplant Network COMM $68.77 ↓ -40%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $74.50 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network MCD $74.50 ↓ -35%
Humana National Transplant Network PPO $74.50 ↓ -35%
CorVel Corporation MOWC $74.50 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplimentaryNetwork $84.82 ↓ -26%
FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc WORKERSCOMP $85.97 ↓ -25%
Evernorth Behavioral Health COMMBH $91.70 ↓ -20%
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $91.70 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. COMM $91.70 ↓ -20%
CCO, Inc. WORKERSCOMPPPO $91.70 ↓ -20%
Optum Health COMM $102.01 ↓ -11%
Optum Transplant COMM $105.45 ↓ -8%
Optum Health MCD $114.62 ↑ +0%

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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER Kansas City not published $0.38 – $0.65
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora $160.95 $22.20 – $103.80
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy $173.06 $30.00 – $30.00
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage $464.80 $22.20 – $33.00
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau $162.53 $37.80 – $37.80
Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark $332.51 $22.20 – $65.40
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis not published $0.43 – $1.22
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton not published $0.43 – $1.22

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